Cable-support.



0. W. BRENiZER.

CABLE SUPPORT,

APPLICAUON FILED SEFT.22. 1914.

l 1?. a 3 55., 1 2? 1 Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

2 SHEETS-MEET i- WITNESSES: INVENTOR.

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CABLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED 55 1122, 1914.

Patensed Sept. 28, 1915 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

CABLE-SUPPORT.

Application filed September 22,1914. SeriatNo. 862,902

To all "lo/2,0972 it rimg concern:

lie it known that I, ORSON .V. Bnnnrznn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in, the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsy vania, have invented certain new and u. ul Improvements in Cable-Supports, of uhich the following is a specification. My invention relates to improvements 111 cable supports adapted to be hung .on supporting wires a t intervals to receive and support cable. V

is to provide a The obect of my iuient oi support of novel, simple and ellicient construction, having provision, first, whereby the support may. be readily applied to or removed from the supporting wire by hand secondly, whereby the support may be formed of spring metal and may be caused to firmly clamp the supporting wire in tends ing to resume a normal. condition from which it ma o-e sprung, tllGlQbYllOltllHg; the support lirnily in place uponv thesupportmg wire: thirdl whereby the support may be maintained substantially at right angles to the supporting wire while a. cable is being drawn through the support fourthly,

whereby injury to the able may be prevented by an appropriate and novel saddle secured to the support; and, fitthly, where. by various novel advantages are attained.

invented device consists of the eled the combinatiiims of them herein- 'jully (it 'srihed and claimed. 7 in the :HJCOlIijliillYlllZ drawings, illustrating my invention: Figure 1, is a side view of my improved cable support applied to a supporting wire. F i g. 2, 1s a transverse section through the supporting wire showing the cable support applied thereto. Fig. 3, is a plan. view of the supporting wire and the cable support applied thereto. Fig. 4, is a view showing the normal condition of the cable support before being applied to the supporting wire. 5, is a. perspective view illustrating the manner of applying the cable support to the supporting wire. Fig. 6, is a side view of a modified form of the cable support applied to a supporting Wire. F ig. 7, is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. (3.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, the cable support is vformed of a single piece of wire, and preferalily spring wire, and bent into the desired form, comprising a Specification of Letters Patent;

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cable-receiving loop 2, arms 3 extending laterally from the loop '2 inopposite direca tions to each other and books 4:- formedbn the outer ends of the arms 3. Theend per: tionsli. of the? loop 2' cross each other he neath the supporting wire 5, and the arms'fl extend from the end portions 6 of'the loop 2 ontheopposite sides of'the supporting'wire,

as clearly shown; The hooks at formed-on the outer ends of the-arms3 are thus hooked over the supporting Wilson-om t'lie o'p.- posite sidestheieof. "The'ho oks QLtI 'G IlIOI niallyseparated from each oth'ertrans versely of the supportingwire 5 asshown in Fig. .4, so that when the dei ice i's' p dig into position upon the supporting wire,fas shown. in; Figs. 152 and'3, the loop 2,11 tending to resume the normal position showi'r inFig. i, will causet'he end portions 6 of'tl loop 2' and-the portions 7o'f the 'hooks l I i) press against the supportingl'wire 5 and thus pretenti-accidental displaceinentot"theh ks from the supporting wire by upward and downward pressure against the cable sup-fv The-loop 2,.ar ms- 3 and h0olts'" 1=are so 're lated to each other that when the dev ce is applied to thc sup portin'g wire o assli w in Figs. 1, 2: and-8, 'thetlifi'erent-pa'i thedevice will be sprung out of norm dition, causi-ng the de vicef'intending tor sumo its normal condition, to .pressthe 'hool 4 down upon the supporting-wire Sandro press the end portions ("3 oftlieloOp' Q up against the bottom of the supporting wire 5'.

In applying the device to the supporting wire 5, the loop is grasped byhand and the sides thereof pressed toward each other and one hook t is hooked over the supp irising wire 5. The end portion of the loop A to which this hook is connected is then brought up against the bottom of the supporting wire 5, as shown in Fig. 5. The device is now sprung still farther out of normal condition, by the pressure of the hand as the other hook 4 and its arm 3 are forced beneath the supporting wire and the hook forced over the supporting wire 5 to bring the parts into the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, wherein they will exert the spring pressure against the supporting wire 5 as hereinbefore explained and thus firmly hold the cable support in place thereon.

The cable is adapted to be drawn through and supported by the loop 2 and to enable ameter of the wire formlng the loop, I provide a sheet metal saddle? extending over the inside of the lower portion of the loop 2. The sides of the central or bearing portion ofsaddle? are flared downwardly and outwardly from the sides of the loop 2 to prevent the edges of the saddle from injuring the cable as it is drawn through the loop; and the saddle is held in place by having its end portion 8 bent or clamped around the wire forming the loop 2. The saddle is still further secured to the loop 2 by being soldered thereto during the galvanizing process to which the device .is subj ected after being formed.

In the modification shown in Figs. 6 and 7, one arm 3 is omitted and one hook 4 is formed directly on one end of the loop 2 as shown. Otherwise the device is constructed the same as shown inFigs. 1 to 5 inclusive.

Ielaimz 1. The combination with a supporting wire, of a cable support formed of a single piece of wire and comprising a cable-receiving loop extending transversely beneath the supporting wire and havingend portions crossing-each other beneath the supporting \vire, one of said end portions terminating in a hook which extends over the supporting wire from one sidethereof, the other of A said end portions terminating in an arm which extends laterally from said loop and extends over the supporting wire from the side thereof opposite to the first named side, the last named hook being free to be moved upwardly from the supporting wire.

2. The combination with a supporting wire, of a cable support formed of a single I piece of wire and comprising a cable-receiving loop extending transversely beneath the supporting wire and having end portions 'crossingeach other beneath the supporting wire from one side thereof, and the other of saidend portions terminating in an arm which extends laterally from said loop and in the direction of the supporting wire away from the first named arm and has its free end terminatingin a hook which extends over the supporting wire from the side thereof opposite to the first named side,-=said hooks being free to be moved upwardly from the supporting wire.

'3. The combination with a supporting wire, of a cable support formed of a single piece of wire and comprising a cable-receiving loop extending transversely'beneath the supporting wire and having a hook on one of its end portions extending over the sup; porting wire and having its other end portion extending beneath the supporting wire and engaged therewith, the last name'd end portion terminating in an arm which extends laterally from said loop and in the direction of the supporting wire and has its free end terminating in a hook which extends overthe supporting wire, 'the last .named hook being free to be moved upin the direction of the supporting wire and has its free end terminating in .a hook which ORSON W. BRENIZER.

Witnesses:

A. V. GROUPE, S. I. HARPER. 

